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Uni Cuts, Dumb Cuts - Adelaide 14th May - Video
On Tuesday 14 May 2013, South Australian university staff and students protested against the cuts to Higher Education. Members, students and others met on North Terrace in the city and strongly ...
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Casualisation “the dirty little secret of university expansion”, union to tell public parliamentary hearings into insecure employment bill
A casual academic, who received an award for teaching excellence from the University of Sydney, has been so desperate for housing she lived on the balcony of the home of an elderly man, and ...
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Dumb Cuts Campaign- have you sent back your postcards yet?
The NTEU National day of Action on May 14 to protest recent funding cuts was very well attended and received by staff and students in South Australia. Speakers included representatives from the ...
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Gonski Rally
AEU Members and supporters of the Gonski campaign for better funded Primary and Secondary Education will meet on Saturday 25th May on the steps of parliament house at 10am to encourage Premier ...
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Management takes five weeks to respond to letter, too long NTEU says
Flinders management have yet to respond to a letter sent by the NTEU to the Vice-Chancellor on April 16, more than five weeks ago.
The letter asked the University to respond to the Bargaining ...
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NTEU Analysis of the 2013-14 Federal Budget
The NTEU Analysis of the 2013-14 Federal Budget, prepared by National Policy and Research Coordinator Paul Kniest, is now available for download:
This analysis clearly demonstrates that:
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Destination Fiji - a vacation from workers' rights
Bula!
Fiji is famous for its sandy white beaches, blue waters, palm trees, sunshine and smiling faces. But behind the island beauty lies a much uglier reality.
Since Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power of the South Pacific nation in 2006, the regime has systematically stripped workers of their wages and conditions.
Now, over 60 per cent of Fijian wage earners are living below the poverty line, hotel workers earn less than $3 an hour, and workers vocal in opposition to the regime have been threatened and assaulted.
We can support the people of Fiji get their island paradise
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Federal Court reinstates university professor sacked in sham redundancy
The Federal Court has ordered the reinstatement of Professor Judith Bessant at RMIT University in Melbourne – a judgement that the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) welcomes as a warning ...
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Abbott’s smoke and mirrors budget plan hits education hard
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) today warned that Federal Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, is hiding the range and breadth of funding cuts planned by the Coalition should it win ...
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Uni Cuts, Dumb Cuts - Statements of Support
As NTEU members gathered across the country, joined by colleagues and students, we received the following statements of support. These are their words.
From Ged Kearney, ACTU President
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Branch Contacts
Branch Office
Black Rose Bdg Armidale Campus
University of New England
Phone: 02 6773 3175
Fax: 02 6773 3973
une@nteu.org.au
http://www.nteu.org.au/une
Tim Battin
Branch President
tbattin@une.edu.au
Trevor Smith
Branch Organiser
tsmith@nteu.org.au


